*Source: PC Pro (
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/125039/i...efeated.html)*
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Apple's efforts to thwart iPod owners from using open-source software instead of iTunes appears to have been defeated.
The ipodminusitunes blog reports that thanks to "inspired work by a couple of heroes" iPods can once again be used with Linux music apps such as gtkpod and Rhythmbox, as well as Windows alternatives such as Winamp.
iPods contain a hidden file that store all the information about songs and playlists. Crackers had been able to reverse engineer this file so that it could be accessed by software other than iTunes.
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